Dead Bees on a Cake
by David Sylvian
- Type: Album
- Released: 29 March 1999
- Label: Virgin
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:10:04
- Community rating: 4/5 from 8 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Dead Bees on a Cake' is a lush, meticulously crafted exploration of ambient pop and art rock. David Sylvian weaves jazz-inflected instrumentation and ethereal, melancholic vocal performances to create a deeply spiritual and mysterious autumnal atmosphere.
Genres
Descriptors: experimental, atmospheric, ambient, improvisational, literary
Tracklist
- I Surrender (9:24)
- Dobro #1 (1:29)
- Midnight Sun (4:01)
- Thalheim (6:09)
- God Man (4:02)
- Alphabet Angel (2:07)
- Krishna Blue (8:12)
- The Shining Of Things (3:10)
- Caf茅 Europa (7:01)
- Pollen Path (3:25)
- All Of My Mother's Names (Summers With Amma) (6:10)
- Wanderlust (6:45)
- Praise (Pratah Smarami) (4:02)
- Darkest Dreaming (4:00)
Credits
- David Sylvian - primary artist, art direction, producer [produced by], mixed by, engineer [additional engineering], songwriter [songs written by], arranged by [string arrangement], loops [guitar loops], keyboards, samples, keyboards [keyboard], written-by, acoustic guitar, keyboards, samples, drum programming, guitar, keyboards, bass, guitar [guitars], keyboards, drum programming, keyboards, orchestrated by [orchestration], guitar, keyboards, drum programming [percussion programming], guitar [guitars], keyboards, drum programming [percussion programming], guitar [guitars], keyboards, samples, arranged by, guitar [guitars], keyboard, vocal
- Yuka Fujii - art direction, artwork [artwork co-ordination]
- Russell Mills - design
- Michael Webster - design [design assistance]
- Shinya Fujiwara - drawing [drawings]
- Jacquie Turner - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Matt Curry - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Scott Crane - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Richard Chadwick - management [david sylvian managed by]
- Bob Ludwig - mastered by
- Dave Kent - mixed by [mixed with], engineer [engineered by], technician [studio maintenance]
- Anton Corbijn - photography by
- Ingrid Chavez - photography by [inlay portrait by], vocals [vocal]
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - arranged by [string arrangement], electric piano [rhodes], orchestrated by, arranged by [brass arrangements], electric piano [pseudo rhodes], bansuri [sampled bansuri], loops [guitar], noises [insects]
- Kenny Wheeler - flugelhorn
- Lawrence Feldman - flute
- Marc Ribot - guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, guitar [guitars]
- Steve Jansen - percussion, loops [percussion loop], cymbal, loops ['dirty loop']
- Mahavishnu Orchestra - performer [sample performed by]
- Bill Frisell - dobro, written-by, acoustic guitar, dobro
- David Sylvian and Bill Frisell - written by
- John Lee Hooker - performer [samples performed by]
- David Sylvian / Johnny Moore / Charles Brown / Eddie Williams - written by
- Charles Brown - written-by [elements written by]
- Eddie Williams - written-by [elements written by]
- Johnny Moore - written-by [elements written by]
- John Giblin - bass
- Ged Lynch - drums [original drum track]
- Tommy Barbarella - electric piano [rhodes]
- Scooter Warner - drums [original drum track]
- Deepak Ram - bansuri
- Steve Tibbetts - gong
- Talvin Singh - tabla [original tabla], percussion, tabla, percussion
- John Cage - featuring [samples from]
- Chris Minh Doky - double bass
- Shree Maa - music by, vocals [vocal]
- Traditional - words by [text]
- Djivan Gasparyan - featuring [sample from the recording by], written-by
- David Sylvian / Djivan Gasparyan - written by